Virtual Reality Rehabilitation in Moving Societies (keynote)

Description

The contribution 'Virtual Reality (VR) Rehabilitation in Moving Societies' will open by presenting a history of VR including the technology adoption lifecycle (a sociological movement model) and uptake in the healthcare industry. A focus on rehabilitation will follow whereby the speaker's over three decades' body of work acts as the presentation vehicle to illustrate contribution to the movement and targeted societal impact. Pros and cons of rehabilitation intervention utilising VR are discussed aligned to optimised patient‐ centric (and therapist) experiences and motivation. The research has been responsible for national/international awards, national/international funded projects, industry start‐ups, commercial product, and published patents. First published at The World Congress for Physical Therapy (WCPT) 1999, Yokohama, Japan, the research now has over 200 publication credits (books, journal articles, conference papers etc.).Evaluations by medical professionals are of evidence‐based positive outcomes. Such assessments are exemplified by a third‐party independent randomised intervention study of the commercial product resulting from the research whereby the two physiotherapists reported "the computer feed‐back training group showed a marked improvement that was up to 400% in the training specific performance". Conclusions were that "The computer feedback group showed a remarkable increase in training specific performance. Clinical Rehabilitation Impact." (Hagedorn & Holm, 2010)The presentation will close by presenting the published (Healthcom 2005, Korea ‐ see Brooks 2010) synthesised emergent model for intervention and assessment that is posited as grounding for elite rehabilitation therapist certification in digital technology competence.

Period	7 Sept 2021
Event title	24th Rehabilitation World Congress 2021
Event type	Conference
Conference number	24
Location	Aarhus, DenmarkShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International